Re: [GNC] General accounting question about Assets = Liabilities + Equity

2020-01-15 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Brandon, Continuing on what David noted... Income and Expenses are traditionally considered temporary accounts that are ‘closed’ to Equity at the end of an accounting period, generally, one year. Therefore, the expanded equation would be: Assets = Liabilities + (Income - Expenses) After the f

Re: [GNC] General accounting question about Assets = Liabilities + Equity

2020-01-15 Thread D via gnucash-user
Brandon, The Guide at section 2.2 says: "Assets - Liabilities = Equity + (Income - Expenses)" In your case: 209.01 - 1497.72 = -18818.74 + (22975.27 - 5445.24) Or: -1288.71 = -1288.71 Yay! HTH, David On Jan 15, 2020, 13:13, at 13:13, Brandon Captain wrote: >Hello, > >I have a rather gener

[GNC] General accounting question about Assets = Liabilities + Equity

2020-01-14 Thread Brandon Captain
Hello, I have a rather general accounting question in regards to the Assets = Liabilities + Equity formula, and how it relates to the other GNUCash default accounts like Income and expenses. Those accounts are neither assets, liabilities, nor equity. So I'm not sure how to factor them in - unless